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Should Chicago close schools? Candidates for school board president disagree
Published 1 week, 1 day ago
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Closing schools in Chicago became a political hot potato after former Mayor Rahm Emanuel shuttered 50 all at once in 2013.
But as enrollment in the district continues to drop, there’s a growing chorus of people who say it's time to do another round.
Yet the question will no longer be in the mayor’s hands. This year, for the first time ever, city voters will get to elect the whole school board.
The four candidates for president were asked at a WTTW forum earlier this week how they would confront this issue.
HOST: LANE